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| 13 JUN 2003 at 10:15pm |
Bob_the_BuilderJourneyman
Posts : 956
Joined: 25 APR 2003
Status : Online | Morrowind is a career, I don't think I'll ever beat it yet I keep getting more expansion packs.
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| 13 JUN 2003 at 10:36pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | It is a career but what is good about it is the fact you can leave it for a while and come back to it (well, that works if you aren't me).
No, I haven't done any plug-ins, probably because I am a total dumbie and have no idea what to do.
Have you guys ever been to the elderscroll forums. Cripes, if I had a dollar for every post over there I would be rich.
I love the characters that sound like Sean Connery, I think it really sounds like him. Also love the comments about what I am wearing and such.
There are a lot of barrows in Bloodmoon to investigate and I know there are some I missed in Morrowind. I noticed I haven't filled in all the areas of the island.
Morrowind is so perfect for me. Storyline, interaction, fighting, can be first person (which I love) or third person, great music and graphics.
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 2:55am |
Bob_the_BuilderJourneyman
Posts : 956
Joined: 25 APR 2003
Status : Online | Didn't the wife of one of the people that work at Bethesda play Wonder Woman in the tv series and she did voice acting for Morrowind?
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 3:49am |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | -*- Originally Posted By Bob_the_Builder (14 JUN 2003 2:55am)
Didn't the wife of one of the people that work at Bethesda play Wonder Woman in the tv series and she did voice acting for Morrowind?
Yes, Lynda Carter did voice acting for Morrowind, though i don't know where in the game it occurs...just that it's in the original and Bloodmoon, but not in Tribunal. I had no idea she was the wife of someone at Bethesda. Bethesda Softworks is in my neck of town, and I know Lynda Carter is a local.
Gayle, I've tried a couple plugins...some work, some don't. The good thing is there's an option menu to turn off and on any plugins, so you aren't stuck with them. But you cannot save the game with a plugin active and then uninstall it and keep the saved game. The ones I've enjoyed are unoccupied houses which you can move into ...and decorate! Part of why i'm only level 9 now....I keep furnishing my cottage Also got a plugin that simply allows you to display books on end and not just on their side...great for decorating the library
Haven't tried the quest plugins...but there is one i might...it's very popular it seems and it involves vampires..
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 8:04am |
SCiVPrivate Detective
Posts : 671
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | This certainly is annoying. Since you people were praising Morrowind I figured I'd pick it up today, but I looked at the website first. There's a game of the year edition out (with add-ons) but they don't have it in stores here! So now I have to wait... I hate waiting..
Playing: World of Warcraft / Monkey Island SE&&Reading: Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance - Harry Turtledove&&Watching: Repo! The Genetic Opera
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 8:24am |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By SCiV (14 JUN 2003 8:04am)
This certainly is annoying. Since you people were praising Morrowind I figured I'd pick it up today, but I looked at the website first. There's a game of the year edition out (with add-ons) but they don't have it in stores here! So now I have to wait... I hate waiting..
I believe the version you're referring to is the console version (xbox i think) only, the pc version is still only sold as the original and two separately purchased add ons.
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 8:30am |
SCiVPrivate Detective
Posts : 671
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | You're right, it is the xbox version. Well that's good news and bad news, I'll tell you which after I come back from getting my groceries (and a game)
Update: Got it and installing it as I type
Interesting thing (from an IT viewpoint). I check the websites of two stores to see if they have the game. Store 1 has it, Store 2 does not. I go to Store 1, they don't have it. I go to Store 2 (which shouldn't have it) and of course, they do have it. Centralised stockmanagement isn't really that hard (considering every piece of machinery involved is automated and can be connected to a network).
Playing: World of Warcraft / Monkey Island SE&&Reading: Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance - Harry Turtledove&&Watching: Repo! The Genetic Opera
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 1:58pm |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | ah...the shortcoming of technology...it still needs people to implement it properly!
Let us know what you think of the game..
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 2:16pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Yes, hope you enjoy the game and we didn't hype it too much and you hate it and are throwing darts at our names pinned to your wall.
Don't rush to join a house because you can only join one and if you get kicked out you can't join another one.
And visit the elderscrolls site. Cripes, if there was just one or two adventure games of this magtitude, it would be wonderful.
What is strange, the first time I installed Morrowind and played a few minutes, I really wasn't interested and took it off and a few weeks later tried again and now here I am, a Morrowind junky.
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 7:18pm |
KillTheGrimaceSpace Cadet
Posts : 177
Joined: 6 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Just have to chime in here on Morrowind. Yes, it's great. And if you like it, you'll probably like Arx Fatalis (although it's not as big and it's more linear- the gameplay is very similar though, and there's a little more action).
I would just like to note that with this game, a good graphics card makes a very big difference! I started out playing the Morrowind on an nVidia GeForce2 AGP, but this week got an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro and it's almost like two different games.
Now, not only am I able to play at full resolution with maximum view distance without slowdowns, but the graphics are amazing- with the new card landscapes and water look like they're out of a movie, not a videogame. (I must admit though that now that the water actually has reflections, it's tougher to fight fish unless your head's underwater.)
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| 14 JUN 2003 at 9:47pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I haven't really played Arx, the controls were driving me nuts but now maybe I will try again since you said it was pretty good.
I thought my GF 3 Ti was good until I got the new card. You are right. Before if I switched cards, I really didn't see much of a difference (am not sauve enough I guess) but this time there is a big difference.
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| 15 JUN 2003 at 12:07am |
SCiVPrivate Detective
Posts : 671
Joined: 22 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Well I spent my first couple of hours on Morrowind and I guess I know what I'll be doing tomorrow
It is hard to get into it though, with Baldurs Gate I had no trouble learning and levelling up, but this game is pretty hard. Even the rats are kicking my behind.
Thing are better now though, I managed to steal an entire gear from the Imperial Soldiers and am able to do some battles now (yay, just leveled up to lvl2)
Funny bit, I'm in a room in a castle, there's loads of equipment around, but also a guard. I open a door, walk through it into an hallway and the guard follows me. So I walk back to the room and close the door, the guard can't open it and is still in the hallway! So I decided to steal an armor and sword and they didn't bust me
Playing: World of Warcraft / Monkey Island SE&&Reading: Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance - Harry Turtledove&&Watching: Repo! The Genetic Opera
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| 15 JUN 2003 at 1:00am |
Bob_the_BuilderJourneyman
Posts : 956
Joined: 25 APR 2003
Status : Online | Balder's Gate easier for me as well but I knew the rules for D&.
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| 15 JUN 2003 at 1:28am |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | SCiV,
That's the way to steal when starting out or later in the game. You can also pickpock but is tricky until your pickpocking level is up.
Also, if the guard or whomever leaves the area and you are quick.
I just became head of the Trisk Mead Hall and bought the History of Trisk Revised and I am in there and how I got to be the head. I think that was very clever game programming.
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| 20 JUN 2003 at 1:59am |
AllanonJourneyman
Posts : 1322
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Offline | By far the best rpg has got to be " Baldur's Gate 2 Shadows of Amn " !! It's absolutely humongous with great character depth , story and great spell effects !! You will get lost in this world - trust me !!
You only live once , but , if you live right , once is enough . Being happy takes work ...
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| 21 JUN 2003 at 6:22am |
ElfstoneGuild Master
Posts : 5892
Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Strangely I never got into BG2 as much as I did into BG. Although you have only crappy spells in BG and kick-@ss ones in BG2. I lost it somewhere towards the end, never finished it.
In Morrowind you can become the leader of everything but you never get really rewarded by anything new.
All the freedom you have can be easily exploited as well. For example, I found "wealth" in the first hour of the game and quite a good weapon by using a dirty trick.
No cheating, mind you.
Dammit, I have to play that game again. And be it just for the looks of it.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 21 JUN 2003 at 10:52pm |
sparkySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 270
Joined: 18 JUN 2003
Status : Online | I'll have to agree, i liked BG1 more than BG2.
For me, the main problem in BG2 was it's ending. i found that instead of getting more excited as i was nearing the end i was getting bored. consequently i never finshed the game.
Also i have to say that while BG1 is a terrfic game it's ending is very bad. i put a LOT of hours into the game and when i realized that that was it i felt like Roman Polanski had something to do with the writing of the plot.
Right now i'm playing Gothic 2 whivh seems very promesing indeed - altough very heavy on the computer.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exisit.
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 2:30am |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By sparky (21 JUN 2003 10:52pm)
Right now i'm playing Gothic 2 whivh seems very promesing indeed - altough very heavy on the computer.
Gothic 2?? Where in the world are you? It's not here in the States yet, they keep pushing back the release date. I'm looking forward to it.
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 12:40pm |
sparkySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 270
Joined: 18 JUN 2003
Status : Online | I'm from Israel, it was released several days ago here. but in Europe the game has been out for months.
A word of warning the game is very heavy, i have a solid computer which runs most games without a problem but this game - it's very hevy - which is strange since while the graphics are good they aren't that amazing.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exisit.
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 1:14pm |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Gayle (15 JUN 2003 1:28am)
I just became head of the Trisk Mead Hall and bought the History of Trisk Revised and I am in there and how I got to be the head. I think that was very clever game programming.
Very clever! Was this a quest related award?
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 1:17pm |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By sparky (22 JUN 2003 12:40pm)
I'm from Israel, it was released several days ago here. but in Europe the game has been out for months.
A word of warning the game is very heavy, i have a solid computer which runs most games without a problem but this game - it's very hevy - which is strange since while the graphics are good they aren't that amazing.
It was originally to be out here in May....then got pushed to July...and now it's due here in October!
Thanks for the performance warning....Gothic works fine for me, are the required specs much higher for Gothic 2?
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 2:24pm |
sparkySorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 270
Joined: 18 JUN 2003
Status : Online | The requirments aren't that much higher ang the game works fine. for me the problem begins if i want to do something other with my copmuter than paly the game.
i have to wait some time after i quit the game until the system beging working normaly and if i want to play a diffrent game (other then minesweeper) i have to restart my computer. Also the game sometimes stucks.
However the preformance of the game itself is fine and it got a lot better after i downloaded new drivers for my graphic card.
all and all i'd recomennd the game from what i've seen so far - altough it's not for begienners.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exisit.
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 2:34pm |
GayleSchattenjger
Posts : 2544
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Morrowind-Thrisk Head is a quest.
Think I have to finish the mining quests and maybe there is one or two side quests to do but have been all over the place. The main quest is really great.
When you did get through with all of Morrowind, keep it up and don't get rid of it. Rumors are that there will be another expansion maybe or a whole new game but either way it would be a while before a new game would show but perhaps another addon will be in the near future.
My problem with the first Gothic was technically and did get almost all the way through before it just crashed and crashed and their support is lousy. But that was another computer. This one is newer and had two hard drives put in. One for games and other for the regular stuff.
I will play Gothic II and look forward to it, just hope that the bugs I got in the first one are gone in the second one.
Was having problems saving in Morrowind yesterday and the light came on in the attic that I had zillions of saved games. Well, come to find out I had 2 gig of saved games (talk about being insecure about having to go back in a game), so cleaned them up and now running like a dream once more.
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| 22 JUN 2003 at 2:36pm |
GamaholicPrivate Detective
Posts : 724
Joined: 3 NOV 2002
Status : Online | thanks for the info...and welcome to the forum!
That which makes one happy is not a waste of time
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